The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-02 00:00:00

DENMARK, (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26. I have been the best part of three days on my way from Kiel to Copenhagen—a fact sufficient to e7. - -plitin the exceptional condition of the country in these stirring times of forthcoming war. I have passed from the camp of the Gcrmnr] Greeks to that of the Trojan Danes ; from the advanced po3ts of the Austro-Prussians to the strongly-guarded lines of the Dannewerk. The movements of neutral tra vellers are as yet unimpeded, and my progress was only delayed by some of those hindrances and petty annoyances that ar© inseparable from crowded trains, belated steamers, and overwrought post horses—the great machinery of locomotion being to some extent clogged and unhinged, but not wilfully broken up or interfered with. I left Kiel on Sunday morning, without a single soldier of any description, under prof.ection of its most inoffensive citizen-guard. The Prussians had come no farther than Plon ; and I found the Ausz• trians at Neumunster. The train left me for two hours at the latter place, and, having nothing better to do, I sauntered along the endless main street of that straggling market town, and inspected the whole long line of the Martini Brigade, as, issuing forth from its night quarters, it mustered in several detachments along the road in the gray of the morn ing. In what part of the empire its regiments are recruited I know not, nor could I make out, I could fancy myself in W allenstein's camp. My ear was as sailel by every variety of uncouth Sclavonian jabber with a mixture of Istrian, Dalmatian, and even Vene tian dialects. Dark and dingy they locked, an ugly set of Croatians :and- Grenzer for the most part, with hollow cheeks and lank bodies, as gaunt and wolfish a set of marauders, to judge by external ap pearances, as ever was let loose upon an ill-starred country; verygood soldiers, I dare say, long endur ing, venturesome, amenable to a strong discipline. Their meat was plentiful, their bread excellent, their kettles were boiling, and they seemed at peace with the good Holsteiners, at whose expense they fared so sumptuously. Travelling in Germany, or for that matter in Den mark, is slow work, but it has this good in it—that it allows ample leisure for reflection. I gazed at those low bred, coarsely •clad, unwashed, scampish-looking instruments of the Kaiser's might ; I thought of the Ilundreds of thousands following in their rear if needed. I added the half-•million of Prussians and other Germans embarked with them in the same enterprise, and bethought myself of the bread and meat these myriads and myriads had been devour ing since the reconstitution of the German States in 1814 ; I thought of the check they had been on pro ductiun, of the terrible impulse they had given to consumption in their country, and of the little good they had been to it either for offensive or defensive purposes, the Prussians boasting of no other laurels to their standards than those reaped in the blood less campaign against the Baden Republicans in 1818 ; the Austrians wearing out their strength against their master's own subjects, unable to over c,ima the unarmed Magyars without Russian sup port in 1849, unfit to hold a position of their own choice against the French or even against the de spised Italians in 1859, driven from fat Lombardy, after no more than a two fields' experiment, leav ing their chivalrous young master to console him self as he best could with the fond conceit that " all was lost but honour." And now this million and a half unfieshed Austro- Prasso-German bayonets are all turned against the breast of comparatively helpless Denmark, and it may b 3 that those two emulous Powers which never agreed upon any one point since the close of the S3ven Years' War, and all the 86 Confederate Princes who never were anything but a faggot of loose sticks in matters of home or foreign policy,— it may be, I say, that Prussia, Austria, and the Band will give proof of great unanimity and go to work with a will now that the aim of all their efforts is to strip a third-rate monarchy of one of its provinces, Low that they are six and thirty to one, and, as they fancy, the man to be hit " has no friends." At Rendsburg, on the Eider, a few Saxon officers were still at the railway station on the south side of the river. They were the last troops of the Bun d still in the front line, and they were ready to march to the rear as soon as their Austro-Prussian betters should come up to supersede them. Anon the train conveyed us over the narrow, ricketty bridge of the Eider, and at once the scene was charged, as if by magic. We stood on Danish soil, and no sounds but those of the Norse language greeted our ears. Tail Danish officers, blue-eyed, flaxen-haired—as if all sprung from Harold Haarfager, crept into the nar row second-class carriages, stooping to get admit tance, and very meth at a loss how to dispose of their long legs and of their bright-scabbarded broad swords, I was not a little struck, from the moment we crossed over to the Kronwerk at Rendsburg, by the universal prevalence of the Danish language ; ail the more forcibly struck, as I had travelled over a good part of the Duchy of Schleswig only a few days before, and the whole population with whom I came in! o contact spoke German, the only difference bF.ing• between 'nigh and low Gaman, It was not long before I perceived that German was a tabooed latigue.ge wherever the lordly Dane showed himself, The nationality of the Schieswigers is precisely the grelt point on which the whole question at issue now hinges, and it is gcod policy for a native of the Duchy who has both tongues at his command to humour his northern master whenever he comes into contact with him by the use of the Danish, re serving his German idiom for those patriotic meet . ings where he drinks his beer to the prosperity of Varerland. Nay, the feelings of the Dane have been so soured of late against anything German that the mere address in that tongue on the part of a stranger who cannot muster one word of Danish calls forth a scowl upon his interlocutor's counte nance, and makes the latter forgetful of his innate courtesy and good breeding; and it is only upon perceiving his mistake, and being assured that no offence was meant, that he meets you on the neutral ground of French or English, and readily puts him- Belt out of his way to oblige you by all kind offers of Basistan co. At Flensburg we left the railway, and proceeded by diligence to Apenrade and Hadersleben ; hence we crossed the Little Belt from Aatoesbund to Assens ; from Assens we drove across the island of N yberg ; F -ten to a steamer conveyed us from the latter place to s ue near Korsor in Zealand ; whence a railway brought us in five hours to this place. Both the Great and Little Belts are now almost entirely free from ice; and, although the steamer chose to stop at Raleloe, and to land us by sears of small boats, forwarding g ns to Korsor by postchaises, we found at Korsor steamers on the point of quitting the harbour; fro m which we in ferred that it must be as easy to get in as to go out, and concluded that the navigation was by this time altogether unimpeded. All along the road, by land and water, we met handreds of old soldiers, chiefly from Schleswi g , Who obeyed the orders lately issued by the Dani s h Government, calling under,arms as a reserve all the men bound to service up to thirty-five years of age. Most of these men seemed aware that there is a language spoken among the gods and one used among mortals. They conversed in Ger man amongst themselves, and were ready with their D , :nish whenever there was a chance of being over heard by strangers. Some of them were old sailors, familiar with the Western and Southern Ocean ' t i r_,yr spoke English almost as well as their native; It iglage ; they were an intelligent, well-informed stA of men. Tney told me it was not without re pugnance that they undertook this weary journey : that their hearts were with the Germans, and it was very hard they should have to bear arms against their own friends and countrymen; that they should have to follow the standards of those very Danes ag Linst whom they fought 14 years Ago. They added that they would fain have followed the example of many of their friends who had gone over to Hol stein, only that they were not so sure Schleswig might not remain Danish, Eater all, when they would fiad themselves banished from their homes during their lifetime. They assured me tha t Denmark would have little cause to be satisfied with their services j feud with these of the ;3chleswigors and Holsteiners, which she held in her ranks against their will; that on the first shot being fired they all wouA I ass over en masse to the finemy ; that the who'e of their Duchy was German to tho core, and th t even some of those belonging to the Northern Provitlces who actually could speak nothing bat Danish were all devoted to the German cause. Of course, I did not take these words to the letter, nor did I believe the Danish cause as hopeless as they made it out ; what most forcibly struck and amazed me, however, was the boldness and readi ness with which they gave utterance to such thoughts before a perfect stranger ; for, although I suppose I do not look like a spy or an in former, still I never told them I shared their feelings in any way, nor gave them any reason to believe they could rely on my discretion. Surely some fire must be smouldering where so much smoke appears ; and if only one-tenth of what I every where hear is true, :Denmark will have no little trouble in guarding against such friends, if ever the day comes in which she is to guide them against her enemies. JANUARY 27. I find the position of affairs here one of consider able " tension." The Austrian and Prussian Mini sters have riot actually left yet, but they have taken their leave long since, and have only been detained by the difficulties of embarking either here or at Korsor. The navigation, as I said, is thoroughly free at the latter place, and the two diplomatists are expected to start this evening by the 7 o'clock train to Korsor. So far as I can make out, the Danish Government have put themselves altogether in the right. They have offered to make all such concessions as it is in their power to make. To repeal the November Constitution, in obedience to the demands of Aus tria and Prussia, by a mere, Royal decree would be tantamount to a coup detat, to trespass on the King's part upon all the rights of the Danish peo ple. No monarch could venture upon such a breach of the law with less hope of success than Christian IX., a Prince who has but lately come to the Throne, and looked upon till his accession as a stranger to Denmark. All the Danish Government could pro pose to do was to refer the matter to the Rigsraad, or national Parliament, which should be speedily called together for the purpose. The present Ministers are popular here, and they expressed great confidence,—indeed, positive cer tainty, that they would be able to bring the majority of the Rigsraad over to their views, to obtain their consent to the abrogation of the November Consti tution, and to the framing of a new national com pact, by which the Duchies should depend upon Denmark on the terms of a mere personal union. No apprehensions are entertained here of popular movements in the city. The Ministers of Prussia and Austria had, however, it appears, strict instruc tions to insist upon a full and immediate compliance with their demands, and, as the King of Denmark could not, owing to the above-stated reasons, give in, the march of the Anstro-Prussians to the Eider frontier has become inevitable. From their posi tion on the Eider their ultimatissimuna will be for warded to Copenhagen, with an injunction to the Danish forces to withdraw from their k)osition in Schleswig. Before an intimation of that sort the Danish Government could no more hear of negotia tion than a duellist could consent to explanations when brought upon the ground pistol in hand'. Contrary to the opinion entertained by most people in the Duchies, and to some extent, also contrary to my expectations, a collision on the Eider appears now to be utterly unavoidable. What the issues of such a conflict may be no man can foretell; for, on the one side, the German Powers are likely enough to bring into the field what they may consider an irresistible force; and, on the other hand, the Danes are said to have mustered 70,000 combatants in Schleswig. They are almost providentially favoured by the weather, and they are too well known for their bravery not to offer a most gallant, desperate resistance. Should a first success favour their efforts, there is little doubt but the sympathy of Sweden, and, perhaps, other Powers. may be enlisted in favour of what is materially the weaker side. Let the Danes only be on their guard against defec• tion or treachery of theirSchleswig-Holstein soldiery, and, owing to the advantage of position, the strum gle may still be less uncquai than mere numerical odds may seem to make it. JANUARY 2b. As I informed you by a telegraphic despatch last evening, the expected departure of the Ministers of Prussia and Austria did not take place. It had been positively asserted yesterday morning, and it was generally believed in the diplomatic circles, that those two gentlemen were to leave by the 7 o'clock p.m. train for Korsor, there to embark for Ee,kerntorde, but it was later in the day understood that their journey was put off for a day or two. The alleged cius?, of this delay was the imperfect state of steam navigation, as the Bay of Eekernfordo was supposed to be still obstructed by ice. Thesame, how ever, was sail cf the harbour of Korsor, and I had opportunity, as I told you, to see with my own eyes that steamers could leave the wharf at that place with perfect freedom ; and what I saw of the Bays of Eckernfor de and Kiel before I left, four days ago, leaves me no doubt that, with the warm weather and the heavy rains we have had since, every trace of ice must by this time have disappeared. It is possible that these two distinguished diplomatists evince greater anxiety about the perfect safety of their movements than would be shown, under the circumstances, by ordinary persons. The simple fact is that they tarry here, and, although any suggestion en my part that they may be detained by some hope of a peaceful arrangement of their difference with the Danish Government is scouted and treated with contempt by the knowing ones, although they assure me that, having taken their formal leave of the King, its sent censjs d'etre deja parks—still there lurks about my mind some suspicion, which will at least make me very careful to send you a telegram in proper time to assure you that they are actually and bodily gone. Rumours of an intended arrangement proposed by Prussia to Sweden, with a view to detach the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark, and to unite Jutland and the islands of Zealand and Funen to Sweden and Norway,'so us to form a great Scandinavian empire, have, I am told, circulated in the newspapers, and will have found many unbe• lievers. I am, however, in a position to assure you, upon very good evidence, that the Prussian Govern ment have actually made advances in that sense to the Swedish Minister in Berlin. To what ex tent the head of that Government, M. von Bis mark, knew and approved the proposal I am not in a position to state, for Court and Cabinet are not altogether one in Berlin in every respect ; but that the Swedish Minister communicated such an offer to his Government at Stockholm I believe to be a positive fact, as it is also, I think, a matter of per fect truth that the Swedish Government not only rejected the offer, but resented it as the gravest insult. You know I would not take upon myself to make such statements had I the least doubt as to the sources of my information. That a dismemberment and the extinction of the Danish monarchy is a scheme that has often busied the brains of German statesmen is a point that ad mits of no doubt, In Berlin and Vienna, and throughout Germany, Denmark is as plainly doomed as the old sick man upon whose inheritance Nicho las Russia9f German great a hurry to reckon. T patriots, whom I found most earnest in the ca use of the em ancip atio n ' of Schleswig and Holstein f rom Danish thraldom , are by no means unjust to the fine qualities, "the high spirit, the chivelrous bravery, the genius, eherh hasn nation, worth" Danes. It was and i s a g estimation, as far as i t goes. B nt the Danes,n° of the they e say, "reduced to their present condition , are only a small flock, the mere f ragment of nation." They have a luminous past behind them, and they s h ow a good countenance even in their present re duced circumstancns. But it is a nation whose race is run, whose history for one or two centuries only marks a period of not ignoble, but irresistible de cline. A nation of 1,800,000 souls, barely serv i y . ing the calamities of 1801 and 1807, stripp e d of Norway, reft of hat. colonies , and placed in one of the most important positions as keeper of the Sound, has no right to Live. The Danes are only a branch of the great Sy andinavian family. Their aspira tions should turn towards a reconstitution of the great Northern . Empire. Those three kingdoms which once obeyed one scep. , :re, and were only torn asunder owing to the improvident misrule of a Danish tyrant, must bo yearning for reunion. Give Germany that of Denmark which is German ; give Sweden and Norway what is Scandinavian. The only obstacles in the way of such a settlement are a dynasty and a capital. With the exception of Christian IX., who reigns in spite of himself, and of Copenhagen or Stockholm, which might very well become alternate seats of Government, such a con summation would be a real gain and a blessing to all parties concerned, and to all the world besides. It was as interpreter of these somewhat wild dreams in Germany that the Prussian Government tempted Sweden with the arrangement lately pro posed. The Berlin Court and Cabinet are aware of the little popularity they enjoy throughout Ger many, but they are also aware that the statesman who succeeded, either by diplomatic craft or by might of arms, in wrenching Schleswig-Holstein from the Danish dominion and adding one more German crowned head to the 36 great and petty Princes who occupy so much space in the muster roll of Royalty of the Almanach de Gotha would by that territorial addition to the already too wide soil of Fatherland secure for himself absolution from a multitude of sins of misgovernment—past, present, and future. Alive as they are to national feelings for what concerns themselves, the Ger mans too readily forget that other people also have an individuality which they may be anxious to preserve ; that the Danes, however defi cient in numbers, boast a long, glorious, and powerful existence of their own ; that, however closely allied by blood to the Swedes, however strongly relying on their support in the present straits, they are no more ready to become Swedes, to merge their own even into a kindred nationality, than the English would be, for instance, to amalga mate with the Saxon or Norman people with whom they claim common descent. The Danes have suf fered serious losses—indeed, they are reduced to a small flock ; but they have always held their own in Europe with honour; they knew how to command the respect of their very victors at the time of their differences with Great Britain ; they know how to stand their ground against German encroachment at the time that this odious Schleswig-Holstein question was debated 15 years ago. Whatever might have become of Turkey without the help of the Western Powers in 1854. Denmark is no sick old man, to give up the ghost without a struggle. It is absurd for Prussia to propose to share with Sweden the hide of a living lion. Were even Denmark alone in the contest, the Dannewerk could not be stormed without shedding torrents of blood. iThe impending war between Denmark and Germany may eventually lead to a closer union between the three Scandi navian kingdoms ; but this union need not be the result of a political subjection to one sceptre, nor of a fusion of three distinct nations into one people. It may be a union springing from native attraction and affinity, resting on the ground of reciprocal esteem, and cemented by a mutual readiness to take up each other's quarrel as a common cause. The three nations may give the world the example of a politi cal combination in which, while each of the com ponent parts preserves its own individuality, they may be as one to all the rest of the world. I understand the Danes are busily at work con structing a railway line in the rear of the Danne werk from Klosterkvo to the Treene. Two-thirds of the enterprise are already accomplished. Every one must feel the importance of' such a means of communication along a line of fortifications which was deemed of too great an extent for the number of its defenders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN, The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly general meeting on the 11th inst., that the dividend for the half-year ending on the 31st of December, 1363, be at the rate of 5} per cont. per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1864. SALISBURY AND DORSET JUNCTION. It appears that the arrangements for the commencement of the works on this line of railway are now completed, and that the cutting of the first sod is fixed to take place on Wednesday (to-morrow). Lady Nelson is to perform the ceremony, in the immediate vicinity of Downton, through which the line will pass. DUTCH-RHENISII. The receipts for the fortnight ending January 15, 1864, amounted to £7,373, and for the corresponding period of last year to ,C 6,482, showing an increase of £B9l. The re ceipts since the commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, 1563, including the above, amounted to £166,205, showing an increase as compared with the corres ponding period of last year of £10,761. The working ex penses for the fortnight amounted to .0,676, or 49.85 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding perioJ of last year to £3,278, or 50.56 per cent., showing an increase of 1398. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1863, to the 15th of January, 1861, amounted to 161,212, or 38!63 per cent. of the receipts. The working expenses for the year 1862.63 were 39.0 S per cent. of the receipts, GREAT WESTERN OF:CANADA. The loss on excliange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through tratil3 from the commencement of the current half year to January 16, 1861, amounted to £31,926, and at t'aat date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 98,421 dols. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts., Railways. ,„..._........_____,,,....______...__ 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. £ C Belfast and N. COuntieS ..... . 136 136 1,707 1,790 Belfast and County Down 49 49 641 536 lilyth and T ne 2B 28 1,70 1,175 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211, 5,093 5,136 Caledonian Cockerniouth & Workington Bl 84 *286 235 Cork and Bandon 2Ol 20 383 315 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 6} 329 135 Cork and Youghal 321 331 423 323 Cornwall 6si 53t 1,237 1,067 Deeside l7 17 221 218 Dublin & Beltast Junction ... Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,380 1,238 Dublin and 3leath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld 9ll 481 1,988 1,372 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 169} 7,>,.72 6.633 Farness, &c 5O 5) 3,108 2,367 Glasgow & South-Western Gt.Eastern,Nek.,&E.Union— 663 614 28,403 26,211 Great Northern 353 351 31,932 26,055 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,428 1,629 Gt. Northu. & Westn. (Ira)., 711 711 411 414 r iq.Soutlin. &Westn.(lrlnd.) 3731 329 7,627 7,716 Great Western - 10561 10321 56,015 51,098 _ .... .. ~.. Inverness & Aberdeen Juno- 86:} 861 966 789 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - 1,033 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,495 1,557 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3951 34,395 30,894 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 264 261 168 100 Llanelly 461 461 556 471 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 5* 1,650 1,640 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 2611 13,230 14,041 London, Chatham, .is Dover 72 72} 3,852 2 597 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 o ace 100 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Nlan.,Sheffield,&Lineolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 1,288 1,057 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3l 31 1,977 2,474 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6%0 43,565 38,280 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 259} 2591 4,333 4,313 Monkland 7l 711 1,541 1,563 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,603 2,010 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10791 51,114 46,269 North London 9 9 3,2.13 8,056 North Staffordshire 254 254 8,238 7,332 Oswestry and Newton 5O 42 1,169 919 Rhymney l9l 191 952 741 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 62 2,250 1,700 Scottish Central B9 89 4,820 4,298 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,950 4,718 Somerset and Dorset 66 391 - - South Devon .... ....... South-Eastern 306 306 17,296 16,885 Taff Vale 57 55 5,509 4,377 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Vale'of Neath 321 251 2,3;'6 1,712 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 326 395 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,112 991 West Cornwall 271 271 695 636 W.HalllepoolHarbr. & RaiL 52 52 3,974 2,973 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmut 7 7 651 580 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 935 623 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 865 718 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,206 1,008 Austrian B2B 82,8 25,801 26,0:3 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 261 265 215 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 1671 3,353 1,765 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1611 1,179 1,801 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 2,537 3,659 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France 1135 1302 49,601 48,894 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 16,774 16,538 Great Indian Peninsula 5!,3 495 11,169 7,382 Great Luxembourg 134 134 3,455 3,690 Great Southern of India ..„ 79 79 528 518 Great Western of Canada 345 315 10,339 10,632 Madras 417 447 4,985 3,321 Madrid, Saragossa &Allcant 650 490 - - Northern of Canada . Northern of France 697 0 9 7 47,413 18,559 Norwegian Trunk - - Ottoman - Paris, Lyons, & Mediterm lBO5 1713 91,142 109,431 Paris and Orleans 1614 1494 66,802 53,541 P ernam buco ... . 77/ - 708 - Royal Danish 69 69 938 411 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,391 1,268 South Austrian - ' - Southern of France .......... 770 680 23,932 21,819 Victorian 196 151 8,419 1 7,867 Welland - - West Flanders 75 75 985 885 W. mid DT,W, of Foam 832 613 36,023 32,i41 THE TOWNLEY CASE. On Friday afterooen last an important meeting of the visiting justices and other magistrates of the country of Derby Wa 3 bold at the County-hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain communications received from the Home Secretary, and also the letters that have recently appeared from the " Local Commissioners," Messrs. Cox, Roe, Scott, and Forman. Sir H. S. Ble.rie presided. After the matter had been fully discussed, the following reply to Sir George Grey was unani mously adopted, and signed by Sir H. 5, Blane on behalf of the magistrates assembled : Derby, Jan. 30. Sir,—We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 20th, 23d, and 25th inst„ and the copies of the letters from Mr. Scott, Mr. Cox. Mr. Poe, and Mr, Forman. They were yesterday laid before the visiting justices of the gaol and other magistrates (11 in number), assembled at the county-hall, in whose names I am requested, in the absence of Mr. Mundy, to send the following reply : The magistrates cannot refrain from saying that they have read your letter of the 20th inst. with regret. They most emphatically repudiate the supposition " that four ma gistrates and two medical men had, without any probable grounds, and with the wilful and deliberate intention of ob• strutting the course of justice, signed a certificate of Town ley's insanity." The magistrates believe those gentlemen to be wholly incapable of so acting, The observation that " Townloy's removal to Bethlehem was effected by the ex penditure of money" is shown by another part of the same paragraph to refer to an expenditure of money in obtaining the certificate by which he was removed. That was not an illegal expenditure, but the fact remains that "Townley has escaped by means accessible to the rich, but out of reach of the poor." If the act in question had been applied, as the magistrates have themselves applied it, and in the only way in which they consider that such an act ought to bo applied, by the agency of the gaol authorities, equal advantages would have been afforded to the rich and to the poor, With reference to the entries in the surgeon's journal you have twice expressed your regret that the visiting justices "wholly overlooked them for so many months, and did not discover them and send copies of them to the Secretary of State till it was too late to render them of any practical use." Now, although the visiting justices made frequent inquiries about Townley's state, they never until after his trial heard from any officer of the gaol a hint of Townley's insanity, nor until after the certificate of his insanity had they any spe cial reason for examining the surgeon's journal. To say, therefore, that they had overlooked for many months en tries which until after Dec. 27th they had no motive to look for at all, is an expression, to say the least, exceeding the occasion. As soon as they were informed of the certificate the journal was searched and the entries found, and sent to you immediately. The magistrates do not know, nor do you point out what "practical use" could previously have been made of those entries. They could not have affected the ob ligation which you considered yourself under to act upon the second certificate, But at the time they were sent they were of this practical use—to show the divergence of opinion respecting Townley's sanity, and to support the other rea sons assigned for further inquiry. If the surgeon of the gaol, who had the most frequent opportunities of seeing Townley, had considered him to b 3 legally insane, there could not have been a more St person to sign the certificate. He was present when it was signed. The magistrates were aware that it was not in your power, under the law as it now stands, to direct an inquiry upon oath into the present state of Townley'smind, and therefore they suggested that if the existing legal machinery was deemed unequal to the occasion, Parliament might be applied to to remedy the defect. Your letter of the 20th inst. contains the following pas sage --" You inform Sir George Grey that in the opinion of the magistrates Dr. Goode and his coadjutors did not in tend to sign a document which would be obligatory on the Secretary of State." In this passage the statement quoted from Dr. Goode's published letter is represented as only the "opinion of tho magistrates," and the quotations are omitted. Then the letter proceeds, "No statement which could support this opinion has ever been received by Sir George Grey from any one of the magistrates or medical men by whom either of the certificates were signed. In the first place, the quoted statement of Dr. Goode is set forth as the opinion of the magistrates only, and then it is asserted . that no statement to support that opinion has been received from any of the medical men, but a state ment signed and published by one of those medical men was sent to you, and its effect does not depend upon the channel through which you received it. The magistrates regret that when you addressed inquiries to the justices who had signed the certificates you did not extend those inquiries to the medical men who also signed them, and especially to Dr. Goode, whose important state ment had been brought to your notice, The magistrates did not need to be twice informed that you were not called upon to act upon the report of the Lunacy Commissioners alone, for they know from you that the removal of Townley was wholly founded on the second certificate; neither were they ignorant that a magistrate acting corruptly is amenable to punishment, nor can they understand why such a remark is thrust into a letter to them, inasmuch as they have not imputed corruption. Dismissing these comparatively unimportant matters, the magistrates proceed to those bearing upon the merits of the case. It is not disputed that the proceedings relating to both certificates were promoted, and the certifying rnag;s -tra,el3 and medical men put in motion, by Townley's so:leiter. In one of the letters of which you have sent copies it is stated that c form of certificate was prepared by the go governor denies this, and says that the vernor's clerk. : r ho form was prepared by 'be clerk of Townley's solicitor. You say that you have dc.,.. au-ed the governor of the gaol to inform ytu by whose authority - he admitted to visit and : s , igned the signed the . examine the prisoner the two medical en who cortificatea, and the two borough justices ho first certificate. Ths magistrates have, in the i,.'112 para graph of their letter to you of the 15th inst., informed : 7°ll that the visiting justices consented to an inquiry as a pre liminary inquiry only. As that information does not seem to have been satisfactory, the magistrates will now verity it by the following published documents. In a letter of the 4th inst. to Mr. Mundy, the chairman of the visiting justices, by Townley's solicitor, that gentleman s;ays he had been informed that, " In order to strengthen my application for the appointment of a commission of lunacy to examine the prisoner (which I had previously made) it would be well to obtain a satisfactory certificate of local magistrates and medical men as to the state of the pri soner's mind, and, having resolved to obtain it, I waited upon you on Saturday, Dec. 26, for a visiting justice's order." The prisoner's solicitor adds that, not being pre pared with the name of any other magistrate than Mr. W. T. Cox, a country and borough magistrate, he asked Mr. Mundy to add the words, "and one or two other magis trates." Mr. Mundy added these words to the order,mean ing, of course, such magistrates as had jurisdiction within the county gaol, which the borough magistrates have not, nor ever before exercised; and under that order the two borough justices, who had been subsequently applied to by Townley's solicitor, obtained admission to the county gaol. At the sessions on the following day, Jan. 6, Mr ; Mundy is represented to have said with reference to Townley's soli citor's application, "It was urged upon roe that the certi ficates of these 1:cal gentlemen would enable the Homo Sec retary to send down the Lunacy Commissioner." D. r. Goode also states that ha regarded the inquiry and certifi cate as only preliminary, and Mr. Scott sa y s that he did not understand the certificate as obligatory u p on y ou. Thus the inquiry asked by Townley's solicitor, and acceded to, was asked and obtained for one purpose and used for ano ther. With regard to the first certificate, the magistrates aro confirmed by high legal authority in their opinion that that certificate is bad for the two reasons alleged in their letter of the 13th inst. You observe that the certificate " was not a judicial act." Mr. Cox, who signed it, says that he was applied to by Townley '5 solicitor " to make a judicial inquiry jut° Town ley's state of mind," and did make it. The second certificate appears also to be open to objection on the following grounds, viz. :- 1. It is admitted by Dr. Goode, ono of the four who signed the certificates, that the inquiry was " a preliminary to obtain Government Commissioners," and that " it was de cided to leave to persons more conversant the task of col lecting and comparing the evidence for the Secretary of State," clearly showing that ho did not intend the certifi cate to be final or obligatory upon you. 2. It is stated by Mr. Scott (another of the four who signed the second certificate) that he "was unaware of its effect as regarded its obligation upon you." 3. The magistrates are informed by competent medical men that Mr. Harwood, who signed both certificates, was not a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and was therefore not a surgeon, and not authorized to sign the cer tificate as such. If this be so, it has not been "duly certi fied" to you by two physicians or surgeons that Townley is insane, and the foundation of your order for his removal fails, and ho should be remitted to the custody whence he has been removed. Independently of this objection, you now have the state ment of two of the four gentlemen who signed the certificate under which you felt obliged to remove Townley to Beth lehem, that they did not intend the certificate to have that effect, At present, therefore, Townley is withdrawn from justice by your order, founded upon a certificate which was not intended by Townley's solicitor when he asked per mission to obtain it, nor by Mr. Mundy, who granted that permission, nor by two of the four gentlemen who signed it, to have that effect. The magistrates submitted to you that the certificate ought not to have an effect contrary to the avowed intention of those who signed it, but they have not been favoured with an answer. It only remains, there. fore, for the magistrates to point out to you that the latter part of the clause in the act of Par liament,through the instrumen tality of which the evil has arisen, also contains the remedy. To that clause we therefore call your most serious attention, as the only means left (under the existing law) of averting the evils arising out of this unfortunate affair, and of restoring the confidence of the public in the faithful and impartial administration of the letter and spirit of the law. They therefore submit that this course rests wtth yourself, and on your own solo and undivided respon sibility. WUey will, therefore, only add that it will be very gatiefao tory to them, and also tend to allay public anxiety here, if you will favour them with, or publish in the newspapers, copies of the reports or communieatioos made to you by the authorities of Bethlehem of the state of Townley's mind since he arrived there. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, H. SEYMOUR BLAME, Chairman pro tern. of the Visiting Justices of Derby County Gaol. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M,P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—Prussia and Austria have lost no time in availing themselves of the advantages of winter, which favours their strategy, while it prevents the friends of Denmark from hastening to her aid. We have reason to believe that the German Powers pro fess to enter Schleswig, not with the object of dis membering Denmark, but only to seize a material guarantee for the performance of stipulations which they pretend they have a right to enforce. M. von Bismark and the Prussian Cabinet remain in office, and the Ministerial crisis is over, as the King has consented to consider the Treaty of 1852 as still binding, though we believe this assent is clogged with conditions. All this, however, amounts in reality to mere comedy. The Germans have p©r• petrated an act which can only be considered, and will be resented, by this country as an unjustifiable aggression. It remains to be seen whether the gallant Danes will have to succumb to superior force, or whether they will be able to hold the Danewirke till assistance can reach them. The Rubicon has at length been passed. The Eider no longer separates the armies about to con tend for the possession of Schleswig, and the doubts which may have hitherto existed respecting the aggressive intentions of the German Powers are finally resolved. The first cannon shot has actually been fired, and the peace of Europe is definitively broken. We must regret what has taken place, but we cannot pretend to be surprised at it. Others, imbued with that peaceful policy which we have so long and so consistently pursued, believed that the Germans would not dare to attack Denmark and risk the ultimate consequences of a European war. Such was the train of reasoning by which they lulled themselves into that state of fancied security which has now been so rudely disturbed. They never attempted to realise the sentiments of the German nation, nor to estimate the force of the impulse by which they are actuated. They had a general hazy notion that Great Britain would never permit the disintegration of Denmark, and felt assured that Germany was possessed with the same idea. But their premises were, to say the least, extremely hypothetical. Austria and Prussia may not unreasonably have come to the conclusion that England would not interfere. They knew that the English ware averse from war, and they must have found that the Cabinet of London gave much support to the German Powers by pressing Den mark to make every concession which was demanded of her. At the request of England Holstein was evacuated, and the army of the Confederation ob tained possession of the Duchy without striking a blow. The constitution of November, which has been made the ground for occupying Schleswig, they found openly denounced in the despatches of the English Foreign Secretary, whilst at the same time they saw an English diplomatist at Copen hagen exercising all his influence to procure its withdrawal. Under all these circumstances Aus tria and Prussia had some justification for conclud ing that they had little to dread on the ground of English interference. Thus have the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna reasoned, and the entrance of their troops into Schleswig is only the logical se quence of their deliberations. War having thus been declared between the leading Powers of Germany and Danmark, what, it will be asked, wiil be the po licy of the English Government? Will England, despite of ancient associations and of modern ties, quietly stand by and see a brave and chivalrous nation overwhelmed by odds, to which only the gallantry of despair can possibly dictate resistance P The an swer to this question will be given, not only by Government, bat by Parliament; and, unless we are very much mistaken, wo can predict with ease what that answer will be. There are times when arguments based upon a narrow-minded egotism lose their weight, and when the human mind rises superior to considerations of a purely selfish nature. Sash a time most undoubtedly is the present. A man of figures might with great plausibility con tend that the English nation would not be justified in increasing its debt or adding to its present bur den of taxation for no other object than that of securing to the Danish Crown a sovereignty over the Dachies of Schleswig and Holstein. But, unless we much mistake the feelings of the British people at the present moment, considerations of this kind will have with them but little weight. Without inquiring into the truth of the theory that the nor mal condition of the human race is one of war, it may be sufficient to say that the eTpediency of war is not necessarily to be judged by the material ad vantages accruing to those who engage in it. There are such sentiments as those of honour and friend ship, and that will be indeed an evil day for any nation on which it determines to ignore them. It is with nations as it is with individuals, and the same maxim vilich inculcates the duty of furnish ing mutual help applies in the one case as in the other. England has for centuries held a proud posi tion among the nations of the world. She has long preserved unquenched that sacred spark of liberty which has again and again been extinguished in every other State in Europe. She has not ostenta tiously set herself forward as the champion of weak -nd oppressed nationalities, but in the hour of trial none e - . tiler has furnished such stanch or such sted- Why at the present crisis we should fast support. . Denmark it needs no prevent the anut.: L4t - I t n g of took up arms under pre arguments to show. %, cistly similar circumstances for ( . Curkey ten years since; and though we did not enrich ourselves, we had no reason to regret the result. But, towards Denmark we are bound by ties which between us and the Turkish nation were entirely wanting. A common lineage and a common religion, common associations and common pursuits, are surely bonds which we cannot entirely ignore. The race from which we have inherited that adventurous spirit which has made us—notwithstanding the mere speck our island home appears on the map of th 3 world— the first maritime nation in the universe, is surely entitled to our gratitude and our fellowship. We are rich, we are powerful, and hitherto we have been influential, and it now remains for us to say if we will consent to fall from our high estate, and live henceforth solely for ourselves. Oa purely selfish grounds it would be easy to demonstrate that Great Britain ought to make many sacrifices before permitting a maritime nation like that of Denmark to be absorbed by the central Powers of Europe. Bat, independently of those considerations, every sentiment of honour, every obligation of duty, prompt us to furnish to Denmark the assistance of which she stands in need. Great Britain has a glorious prestige, and, notwithstanding much t hat has lately occurred, she still has a name which is venerated and respected by the Powers of Europe. The moral weight which she possesses in the coun cils of nations has not unfrequently effected much, and it now rests with her whether henceforward it will no longer be acknowledged. To those to whom the honour of their country is dear, and who would in the interests of peace still wish to see Great Bri tain hold that place which she has so long occupied, no doubts can suggest themselves as to the coarse which she ought to pursue. Regard for our own reputation and for our own interests, compel us to fgrnish such material support as may still avert the destrtifttion with which the Danish monarchy is threatened: -------- TlMES.—tha the morning of Sunday last Marshal Wrangel summoned the Danish commander to eva cuate Schleswig, and at midnight the Austro-Prus sian force began its advance. The troops crossed the river at various points, and their movements are described in the despatches we publish to-day. Thus have Austria and Prussia finally committed them selves to the chances of a conflict with the Danish monarchy. However it might be hoped, it could hardly be expected that they would refrain from this step in spite of the earnest remonstrances they have received from the British Government. The rulers were too much bound to their own subjects and to the Germans generally to have any free will in the matter. For two months a movement almost equal ling in violonce that ef 1848 has prevailed through out Germany. The Princes have been in part the leaders, but have beets in a still greater degree the i n struments of the pepu ?ar pressure. At any rate, it has not been thought by a7"e of them profitable, or even possible, to withstand the patriotic current that had set in. The Prussian and Austrian Go vernments have been, perhaps, proud to show their superior powers of resistance, but even these have found that their leadership in Germany depended on their carrying out to some extent the desires of the nation. We may, then, expect that any further ovettnres of the British Government, if Lord Pal merston's Cabinet should think it dignified to re monstrate further, will be disregarded, and that the Allied Army will persist in its scheme of driving the Danes out of Schleswig. Yet at the last moment the Powers have moderation on their lips, and are binding themselves by reiterated and solemn state ments of their intentions. It is to take Schleswig as a material guarantee, to hold it until King Chris. - thin convokes the Rigsraad an d re p ea l s the Novem ber Constitution, and then peaceably to restore it to him, that the allied force, accor di ng t o th e asser ti ons of the two Governments, h as cros s e d the Eid er. With the Federal corps of occu p a ti o n in Holst e i n they Imo kit/thing to do the proceedings of the Prince of Augustenburg they ignero and cen demo. All that they require from the new Kin; is the completion of the epgagemente mitered in toby the aid; and their only reason for seskires, &eels ran tee is that they are c onv i nce d of the obstinacy and deceit of the Danes. Such is the position of the two invading Governments, and they are somewhat angry that full credit should not be given to their assertions. The means taken for the accomplish ment of their task are such as in their opinion must insure success. They (desire that the Danes should be convinced of the hopelessness of resistance, and for that purpose they are bringing into the field an army which is probably more than twice as nume rous as their enemy. If the Danes have at the most from 35,000 to 40,000 men, the two Powers will, if necessary, march to the Schleswig frontier a force of 80,000 to 100,000. Seldom have German govern ments at any crisis shown such alacrity. France herself could hardly set her legions on foot more speedily, or press them on more actively to the scene of war. In a week or 10 days more it is probable that the whole Austro-Prussian force destined for the campaign will be to the north of the Eider. It need hardly be said that the very efficient prepara tions of the Danes for resistance have been mainly the cause of this promptitude. The two Govern ments have not been without a suspicion that the demand for time by Denmark arose more from mili tary considerations than a constitutional scruple. They found that the Danes were fortifying night and day, and using every means to free from ice the waters which they look upon as a protection from invasion. Frost could not be relied on late in February, and it was desirable to take advantage of whatever remained of it. Fortunately for the Germans there has been a fall in the temperature, and the Sohlei and Treene may once more become useless to the Danes as moats to defend the castle of their nationality, During the next week the Governments of the two Powers will no doubt hurry forward their troops, and endeavour to strike a blow before the Danes are again favoured by a thaw. Rumours in such a case are vari ous. In the opinion of most observers, the pro vince will be defended with spirit; but some think that, if pressed by a vastly superior force, the Danes may retire, and leave the two Powers to carry out their intentions, whatever they may be. As suming that the allies gain possession of Schleswig, either by the retreat or the defeat of the Danes, it will become a matter of interest to know what course they will take in following up their advantage; whether they will strictly limit themselves to their programme, and only occupy Schleswig until the stipulated conditions are fulfilled, or whether they will endeavour to coerce Denmark more speedily by an entrance into the northern part of the peninsula. At such a time it is interesting to call to mind the progress of the campaign of 1848, when General von Wrangel marched into Schleswig in the same man ner as the allies are now entering. After the battle which took place in April of that year near Schles wig city, that place was captured by them, and soon after Flensburg also fell into their hands. The Danes then left the main laud and retired to the islands of Alsen and Funen. No sooner was this done than the Prussian General, though he had come only as the liberator of Schleswig, sent a large part of his army into Jutland, which is pure Danish and Scandinavian territory. This led to the inter ference of Sweden, which made strong remon strances to Prussia, and went so far as to land a force on the island of Funen, the Russian Government following up the movement of its ally by sending a fleet to cruise in Danish waters. The result of these proceedings was that the Prussians were compelled to withdraw from Jutland, and the tide of events turned in favour of Denmark. which was enabled for fifteen years longer to keep its antagonists at a distance. We trust that the memory of this failure will check Prussia in any desire to repeat the events of the last war. On the assumption that victory or a military arrangement gives them and their ally pos session of Schleswig, it will be their wisest policy to be content withthe programme already put forth, and to abstain from carrying furfher this bootless war. Unless, however, unforeseen circumstances inter vene it is likely that the Danes will make a stand for the Duchy of Schleswig, and if the Austro-Prussians can be brought up in force before the frost comes to an end, the groat preponderance of their numbers must give them an advantage against which patriotism and courage may possibly avail little. At present there can be little doubt of the determi nation of the Danes to defend the province. Bishop Monrad, the President of the Council, in his speech to the Rigsdag, says—" I will tell you, gentlemen, for what we are about to fight. We are about to fight to prevent a foreign Power forcing itself into Schleswig; we are about to fight to expel those from the province who intrude into it." And, again—" The programme is not to allow a single German soldier to pass the Eider without offering the best resistance in our power, and to use every effort to elFpol from Schleswig all who shall venture to intrude." Thus, while the Rigsraad is summoned for the purpose of repealing the Common Constitu tion, the King and his Ministers are omitting nothing which will enable them to resist the enemy. Whatever may be the course of events, the courage and resolution of the Danish people are worthy of all praise. SURREY SESSIONS—Feb, 1. -~--- Tho adjourned general o,aarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday naorning'at the Sessions-house, Newington -causer:: y, before Mr. J. E, Johnson, chairman ; Mr. Thomas Tilson, deputy•chairman; Colonel M‘Donald, Captain M'Dougal, Mr. It. Baggallay, Mr. J. Mew, Mr. A. Boy son, Mr. J. IL. Phillips, &c. The calendar contained the names of 42 prisoners for trial-35 for felony and 7 for misdemeanour. William 'Henry Manners, 20, was indicted for embezzling £2O and upwards, the moneys of the churchwardens and Overseers of Lambeth, his masters. Mr. Robinson, with Mr. Patchett, prosecuted; and Mr. Oppenheim appeared for the prisoner. The Rev, Charlton Lane, incumbent of St. Mark's, Ken nington, proved paying the prisoner £7 6s 101 d for rates by check, which had been returned as p a id. _ _ Mr, Davis, landlord of the Horns, Kennington, proved paying the prisoner £2O 16s 6d for rates due to the parish, and the prisoner gave him the receipt rodcced. Mr. George Archbutt, clerk in the office of Mr. Clark, the assistant overseer of Lambeth, said the prisciner was one of their collectors. It was his duty to collect money from the ratepayers and pay the same into the banker's. He was sup plied with a rate-book and receipt-book. By the receipt book the amount received by Mr. Snell was 198 6d, the counterfoil No. 139, name of Clay, 163 3d and 3s 9d, mak ing altogether £1 ss, instead of 6s 10d. He only ac counted for I', 1 ss. With regard to the counterfoil No. 143, purporting to have been received on the 11th of November, instead of £2O 16s 6d from Mr. Davis, was Mr. Belton 100, which he only accounted for. Neither Mr. Lane, Mr Davis, nor Mr. Frickett's name appeared as having paid. They were considered defaulters. When the prisoner paid into the banker's it was his duty to return to the office, and hand in the banker's receipt for the amounts so paid in. These sums did not appear as paid in by him, On cross-examination by Mr. Oppenheim, the witness said that the prisoner received his instructions from Mr. Clark, the clerk to the churchwardens, and the books were then given him from the cffico. His duty was to return those books periodically. He had not returned the books in which the names of the witnesses were entered. He never returned those names as having paid the amounts due. The rate books ought to be checked ovary week. Sometimes they were not, owing perhaps to illness or something of the sort. Four months after those rates were made a meeting was held to issue summonses. They had not the prisoner's books, but went according to a list aelit Irti I:tie prisoner to the officer. He did not know whether thdse lists were examined. He did not examine them. By Mr. Robinson—lt was the prisoner's duly to present every week a list of money received by him with the coun terfoils. According to his list the defaulters were summoned. Mr. Restall, another clerk in the °ince of Mr, Clark, said that he generally examined the lists and counterfoils. By Mr. Oppenheim—They examined as often as was necessary according to the business of the office. The books were not examined by the churchwardens or other officials. Inquiries were made regarding the defaulters nearly every six months. The collector furnished information from the first, and entirely from his books they were summoned. The banker's receipts were produced by the collectors every Friday. By Mr Robinson—lt was entirely through the prisoner's books that the summonses were granted. No examination of the books would have shown the, amounts of the wit nesses who had given their evidence. Mr. William Henry Anderson, also a clerk in the office, said ho examined the banker's receipts, The sums paid by the witness had not been entered by the prisoner. Mr. Oppenheim contended that owing to the laxity of business doing by the parochial officers the prisoner was placed in that perilous position. It seems clear, from the evidence of the clerks, that the accounts were not properly gone through, and that there had been no regular arrangement as to the time the prisoner had to pay what moneys he may have colic cted to the bankers. Counterfoils had been produced corresponding in numbers with the receipts of the prisoner, but that did not prove that the prisoner intended to have plundered the pa rish of these accounts. Under these circumstances he did not think the prisoner ought to be convicted of embezzle. merit. He had a nutnbor of witnesses to call who could give the prisoner an excellent character, and, in conclusion, ho trusted the jury would return an honest verdict. Mr. Thomas White, of the Manor-house, Stamford-street, and a vestryman, Mr. Phillips, also a vestryman, and seve ral others, gave the prisoner an excellent character, as far as they had known him for several years. The Chairman then summed up the whole of the evidence in a very careful manner, showing that the evidence of Mr. Archbutt had proved that it was the duty of the prisoner to account for all moneys he received weekly to the office, a nd , pay aie owe into the Imam , It was quit 9 clear that ---- ...---0-----"" ,„.. in Nove m b er last he received .4:9 10,4 from the Ilev. char,„.. t la e a w ne, , X23 103 from Mr. Davis, and £9 from /.Ir. litc. eacnlinlno other nt atihg:i eic l idrn e h rhe. in s : m t ; Csnhd r i o lei h am r o t, g vhn hadaerertrehni replied ptehsr a l given numbered rCCCIp 3, the counterfoils f3 o ll n all sums were eutvred the nard- sof diffareut Ortie.sll Th wheeyth,ehowever,nothing to do with that, bat o: I prisoner had been guilty of erabezzlemtenict of After r a the guilty. short consultation the jury returned ave a corresponding with 'these °3areeber'rellely: re s ' 1 he C Mr. Robinsonbc scohuatidtsbth‘calid made en as e p t e t t an !' ed TssaDeelliteinrterili on informed the Court that there vi step' l e sum the amount of £lOO. wa s for been investigated, -1 !lurch' st the prisoner. Ono ate ba Mr. Clark, tho clerk to the c raa th ea e in whole of the prisoner's acceti present timeied that they had not; but aP to ile ho had discovered defalcations IM°lllitilig £1,160. The Chairman then called the prisoner for ju-g E r n , haa told him that, after a very clreful inquifh the td ° ll6 A t,a' a w f h o ah u di n ch d he h mld im guilty. It was a very serious offence' and us a t rbeesptraenastiebdlewsiitthaagtrioeant, shcavvoiinitgy.heriticrg,peri;ooo.o of m d oney passing through his hands, and he Was P ad g th o e o salary by the parish. He could do no less thaicioc, same sentence which was awarded to one of the te r t o tors last servitude month ; therefore he directed him 0 be penal for four years. ___........... COUNTRY MARS . We had an av C er ° a L g market to-day, and f ee o sH r h m Eo e wB r T p o r Ef ic itw e h s —e ; j e tA r il° e l;sn3 P te:rtsecit. :2 lll : e: Wheat, white 44s 50s Beans,Mazaganil.32s 36/ red ..40s 44s middle et srati..,As go Barley Oats . 20s 25s grey..... v•- GLOUCESTER —JAN. 3U. There was a good show of English wilea!,,Siii fevr, the farmers ; which met a free sale at prices rafL i - c o of buyers. Foreign wheat dull, with no ea"; dll. prices of last week. Barley, oats, and beans Te'l 0. NORTHAMPTON—JAI { ' 3 t rate The wheat trade was rather dull, bu t ti ~ supported. Barley in middling demand, a °d peasv a' A 4 4 sorts maintaining late rates. Oats, bean s, °D.e, tm, to ,A rates.—White wheat, wheat, 39s to 465; red, 371 26 0 're* to —s per qr. Barley, 35s to 37*--grin a .u al to s 418. Oats, 17s to 30s per 24 stone. Best* 30s to 38s per qr. CHELMSFORD—IAN' 29 ' f a ir 013 qrf At this corn exchange to-day there was 800°4" wheat, which met a dull sale, although the an o ther improved from last market day. Barley an d Vi of grain very inactive, and unaltered in Pnr i 56 6 $9l Wheat, old white...3os 47s reas, Partr iuge... : 3Bs 4 1 ° new ..449 608 White .......... ~...•'3ge # old red.... 34 5 , 40 s B o iling • . ...... 35 4 ~,..4 new 38s 42s Dun. ......... .. 4 so Barley 27s 37s Ditto n ew ••yd::s 4o ,0 Chevalier ..28s ~.39s Beans, Ti' 3 I/ • e ll 4 0° Grinding 22s 31s ne '•3,50 ,1 Ma1t..... 61s 67s Harrev i rfickij v;•: °A OSI tie . 390 Chevalier . 64s 69s o w Oats 20s 28s Mazagen ' I SO KIRKCALDY GRAIN- - . 1 " --* 0 . l heat° We had moderate supplies of barl 6 Y , ea u per 4r our market, with a slow trade. Wheat oats. Wheat. Barley. 1 15 s 6 4 First....33s.Od I 258,0 d I Second ..35s Gd 26s 6d ire Third....3Bs Od 28s Od COAL Prima of,Coal per Ton al .--, MARKET. .4 t the close of tbe 0 , - - et ' Walls Pi' 0. 11 ( 1 .1 9 g Hough Sall ......... i is n Kelloe ......... .' 19 South Ke110e....."'' 19 :,' Hartlepool ..... .."1: 0 • " 6 East Btartlepool..." .0 a North liartlepool.,' '.O 6 Braddylrs liettoe...', is ~ Tunstall .......... 0 u i Hatton ............. '0 ; South Iletton ...... '''lB 0 Cassap ....... ...0p.." i s , Framwellgate.... '1'1:19 ; Trimclon ilartlepoo " , i/ a James .......... " 0 0 Acoru Close.. •. .. 1 :18 ; Eden .......... .'''' 11 9 1361mont ...... ...'''',ll Riddell ............ ;, 182; sold. 98. s. d. Buddies West Hartley 15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ......14 9 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 Hastings Hartley l4 9 Holywell 18 0 Wylam l7 6 Eden Main ..18 6 West Hartley 14 9 Davison's West Hart ley 15 3 Walls End. Byron 18 0 Whitworth ..16 6 Russel's He tton 13 6 Ships at market i Australia and Mauriti l us jA , Foreign Mail p a cket Ps ‘ _..._._._..---- ~ 1 9 ' Brazil and Cape Verds, b lv y liLiaa ll SMS : D t au i rs s Ut h ileStli P ir a l3 4 ll.. ;e o::l:ll Z eeelt• : l'. : 1 ; V' A. S of r G e o n o an d gfl,oapned, Singapore, Ascension, s a , rl i a d o t i . i t.,11, ma tnic pt . o o . ' e l,.. ~ (Bombay), mi l cv s ub lLa aat Islands IClFnaa China, Id: • Gibraltar, a1aa(1),: viall Southampton a sco,ue)thloanL . pv.vto.l.:a.u.so:. .:14:11.:.:1:11:,;13:::: • ............................................ i l l ' 63 .3 11: 15 ..: via Marseilles ........... ...'reb , ,5 , O u p . o s r . to an an d d E N r i t i Portugal.. .... • • Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Souttaunrtou .. .%b. °' • Marseilles ..... .x i Newfoundland .... via ......... 10 g is o h N..A . . m . : ;i . e . :, ... ..... ii . t : P . a. e. I%3.o;i:l;i:'ff:b. 6, , W.C. of Africa, Madeira and len riir u Fe l; ° i b , y e lJ a . S ita . .P i.3 B .o c . p ac : I : e : t. fell . i 1, , Bahamas, via New York ' ........: ... '9. Mexico ................................. .!. .!: . i re r . tlo V b. All p:Fts of West Indies, including .......• ..... California. a1L3r2i211.....C0 ... 1 • 10 d iS teeti ____----- ° . ' sr le ve Or ,N 6 d Persons in debt may obta i n instant 1 1) 0 0 0 0 f l r m o p m ri a s l o l n a m et e t n s t aonrdselifaztuirleitoiefstivirileitrhg-ouoot li d: l. :t a : f ro' l'l /P o . w i nf te. 'filicitl , - 'oov d , o e/ to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Caa:00.....0r . Charges under £5 payable by easy il l ,.L til aralle ll (established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. l'"'" agl , gate-street, Bank.-ADVT. taws, Fled ADVERTISEMENT.]-AVOid medicines: thgegoiolleti t o vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's of e 0 ° c olt Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, wale t uele_, , r t o 11 1 its cost in other remedies, invariably cw - 011 , be: n dellli perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound 1tt_ ..1 11. 0 . 0 1,..- . ow o a pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional relc t oci hi ' 1 00 0 ; to 16 most disordered or enfeebled. Vi re f g 11 0 ;ior O ef f ,;(l of 60,000 Cures :-Cure No. 68,216 of lm - o , Oil Nr et, d Br6han, Paris, of a liver complaint, wast i !., cable otl'sord years, debility, with a nervous palPlt it ' w .nie.., 1. l' ' digestion, constant sleeplessness, the moat law ik io. Wi l iest; agitation, and dreadfully low spirited." -C a, of Dil le o ,:e Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Watertcraegsibabtietg: dyspepsia.-No. 49,832. " Fifty Years' C O, o, Joiltd from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthraa, '''" 0 ....-14 01 00 0,0 7 ' , flatulency, spasms, sickness, and voral th Xralef , I dl o ri o tii -Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts. 0 blood, iper 0 thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of ~2 1, 2,1 185 0 11 .t01 meet, and partial deafness.-Cure No. 4 ,, ` ~ gs the „0..' I , Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indlgestio6/6.- the P a te a : , spirits, and nervous fancies.-Cure No- 5 ,1 4 ',,, ea ti0l 001 4 07 T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "O fm edics. , l / 1; tre a, .; in ' i ii dity of the liver, which had resisted all 121 b-• lee'' ~%; t -stre e, t ' l i el, 405.-Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 7 7, •' 6. - le and ''''' 03 also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocer CS a l e. oe' very town of the United Kingdom- __for 9 0 1 d [ADVERTISEMENT.j-HolioWaY 8 w ell ~n 1,.- ' ill f ott 1 ' ins' ..,a• V', of e , of Biliousness, Liver and Stomach °r ko oril . l, e o 10 neral Debility-This medicine is so db y it 0 7 0 g. 0 0 , part of the world, and the cures effec t ; ü blie elleovirl6,tig derful, that it now stands in no need 0 ar _Y d l i v er r 0 0 44 0 pre-eminenee as a remedy for bilious 0, 1 013 5 01 ' t y , and disorders of the stomach and chest, t7lO beefyeooo of dispute or doubt. In these diseases ts o i die 01$ of these invaluable pills are so Pernilee:rgid's ti:3196001 the whole system is renovated, don P rcgat' ill dif ild ° strengthened, a free and easy resira . pla 0010 e re physical and moral energy are increaseda _ soc e , 0: ~ for the use of this valuable medicink.,,ltuovio r efficacious, aro affixed to each box. i t ° ' always safe, and act as gentle aperient 0 of Birthe• tbe t Ott altbgra° A rile lf BEAUMONT -On the 29th ult., a Henry Beaumont , t6O l:Cons ado , BAREER.--Orl the 31st ult., a _„: Etg,., °t . c i r eo B, i square, the wife of Joseph Earb? r ,, , wins burt t e, _g a ol BLOMEIELD.-On the 29th ult.!eat.:o:_ „loop .• _ ifY wife of the Rev. F. G. Blorati I_4l_ toisscobe, tas Esq., of a dughter. ingtolotet...o HANCOCK. -On the 28th ult., at I ,V_ li ,, au gter . Wm. Hancock, Esq., banker, of a u tot ) M a rriageS• gel ieir t j" t - it:10 ~. 9,8 a, ult., : ,be o_, o 04, LANE-VINCENT.. --011 4. 0 '", rdo r, 01 ~.f /UP, p. , Church, Captain Henry 131°,,rdoihter of es 0 t Guards, to Susan Anne , tfo r ; Of William Vincent, of Thornwoou fort a f .' O r Ken sington. n the 16th ° Lo et l a TitomrsoN-LALANDE.-----n „,, e -cle• „ c oo 4 Faris, at the Church of Notre.•- sodela°' ete.: Augustus Thompson, Bstl. o . . 4 t 1 11 51 Lalande. ult., . to p, ° ~.„ , he 28th . boot ,„jo WILSON--YouNsTorr.--03 - of gi C. . .1 o ,p slue. i Dodge Daniel Frederic Wilson, vic r , se Andrew 00 Holton, Halesworth, Esq. O •, Deaths. Maria , second daughter of the Ito Death S ' gPO et, .r Cl ar ' A .O CLARK.-On the 31st ult.. J. COW 0 . of Sackville- street, aged 7 5 • if t 14, a re" 10 6 , ELIARD.-On the 31st ult., aged sd 73. ..terraoo,4ol S, W. 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